Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), better known as Vanilla Ice, is a Grammy Award nominated, American Music Award winning American Rap/Metal artist and actor known mostly for the 1990 single "Ice Ice Baby."

He found major mainstream success, but his success lasted only about one year, and his rapid fall from popularity remains one of the most notorious in recent decades. Though Van Winkle has continued making music, he has yet to recapture anything approaching the level of mainstream success which he once enjoyed.